It would be great in a math class if ratio, or percentage is being taught to students who share my "unmathematicity". Discuss the merits of different representations and, if appropriate, compare the data with that of your school community. The sequel to "If The World Were A Village", entitled "If America Were A Village", (isbn 1554533442) was published in August, 2009. I don't know that my response was quite as enthusiastic as some of my fellow reviewers (I see quite a few five and four-star reviews), but I did like it very much, and think it makes for an educational reading experience, regardless of age.

It addresses nationalities, languages, ages, religion, food distribution, clean air and drinking water, education, money, electricity, and historical and projected data. Designed with kids in mind, this book does it all - relatable illustrations, captions, text features, and more.Exponential numbers, tragedies of epic proportions, the fact that many of the world's people do not have enough food to eat, clean water to drink, educational opportunities etc. Overall, this book was really insightful and helpful with learning what the world is truly like and not just what you see in your town or city you live in. This beautifully illustrated and unique book, revised and updated for 2018 onwards, explains facts about the world’s population in a simple, non-political and fascinating way. His newest book, "This Child Every Child: A Picture Book For Children About the Rights of Children" (isbn 1554534666), was published in February, 2011. A happy corollary of this might be that children will become more attuned to their obligations as citizens in their community and the world at large.

Although I am actually a bit overwhelmed with and by the seemingly vast amount of information presented, and especially so with all of the numerical data (and would therefore tend to divide the same into smaller, more manageable chunks if I were reading this with or to children), David J. By comparing the world to a village of 100 people, we all can understand our place in the world's many varied cultures, looking at religion, economics, education, energy use and more. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice. Further to this, it highlights the concept of global citizenship, tolerance whilst simultaneously exposing children to information texts.It could also be used alongside a fiction text to inform children about the real-life context of the novel. Encourage children to consider whether their representation is fair and whether what they've chosen to use is suitable.

Neither gloom-and-doom nor artificially optimistic in its outlook, both positives and negatives are equally strongly presented, always striving for balance, making this lushly illustrated, informative picture book, making If the World Were a Village a perfect teaching/learning tool for either at-home or in-class use. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. For instance, in the global village 22 people speak a Chinese dialect, nine speak English, and three Portuguese. If you are being simultaneously translated, speaking too rapidly also makes it more difficult for the translator.

The result is a title that makes certain statistics - like the fact that only 24 out of 100 villagers always have enough to eat - far easier to understand, and far more "real" to readers, than they would otherwise have been. I appreciated the author's note at the end of the book and I will incorporate some of his ideas about exposing our girls to a more global outlook, to increase our "world-mindedness. I've seen news reports similar to this, but never before in a picture-book and this was a good way to show our girls just how big our world is and how blessed we are to have the things we have (even things we take for granted like clean water and electricity.